<< >> NASA ASRS Report 173950, March 1991

Pilot of small aircraft aircraft hit wire at low level flight. Minimal damage to aircraft. Proceeded on to land at home airport.

Attributes
ACN	173950
Time
Date	199103
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : n94
State Reference	PA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 600 msl bound upper : 600
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	173950
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground less severe inflight encounter other non adherence : far other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	flight crew : regained aircraft control
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Aircraft contacted wire while flying into sun in late afternoon on westerly heading, west/O sunglasses, causing slight damage to airplane. An uneventful landing followed at home airport. The aircraft involved was an small aircraft. Recurrence can be prevented by wearing sunglasses, being more alert to effect of sun at time of day involved, and monitoring altitude more closely.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF SMA ACFT HIT WIRE AT LOW LEVEL FLT. MINIMAL DAMAGE TO ACFT. PROCEEDED ON TO LAND AT HOME ARPT.

Narrative: ACFT CONTACTED WIRE WHILE FLYING INTO SUN IN LATE AFTERNOON ON WESTERLY HDG, W/O SUNGLASSES, CAUSING SLIGHT DAMAGE TO AIRPLANE. AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG FOLLOWED AT HOME ARPT. THE ACFT INVOLVED WAS AN SMA. RECURRENCE CAN BE PREVENTED BY WEARING SUNGLASSES, BEING MORE ALERT TO EFFECT OF SUN AT TIME OF DAY INVOLVED, AND MONITORING ALT MORE CLOSELY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.